The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-23 00:00:00

FRENCH Pel PERS. PAtfts, IUARCU 19.—A. Banking-house in Paris Sias reetived a letter from Jacinel, in the Island of St. Domingo, dared the jrh of January last, t itich contains the following details : " An Englishman, who arrived here the day before yesterday, from Cape Francais, tinnountes that R serious insurrection had bruketi out at the Cape. The following circuinstances gave rise to it :—A considerable number of officers or soldiers of one of Christophe's rrgilliellfi 112(1 ()brained leave from their Colonel to pass a few days at the commencement of the year with their rela tions, upon condition of returning on a day ap pointed by the COlimel. Christophe, who was at SOU H, haying learned what was passing, snot it to the Cape, where he caused the reg:mi'tit to be assembled ; lie then heaped upon tl e n most severe reproaches, calling the soldier, oe•ertets, and traitors to their country. Having ordered the regiment to he decimated, the Colonel advanced, observing to King Christophe that the soldiers were not culpable, he (the Co lonel) having rii-en leave for what was proposed to be done. 'Christophe immediately ordered his mu d s to s a b re the Colonel, and the unfortunate • man was immediately cot to pieces. At the sight of ibis act of barbarity, the regiment dis banded itself, Other emirs tolloWed the example, and withdrew into the country. Christophe sent B gidost them 400 of his guards ; the insurgent • troops rallied, and most of the 400 gn . at•ds were cut to pieces ; those who sticceeded iu escaping fled to the Cape, and were hotly pursued. 'Flue bates were shut ; Christophe, who bad also taken refuge there, found himself blockaded by the' troops, %rho dealanded his head." 'rhe health of Christophe is in n very bad state, supposed to be the effect of slow poison, admi nistered to him by some of the malcontents. The Seine has fallen considerably within these two days. The Nantes Journal states, that the Loire had overfl o w e d ifs hanks, and inundated the quays and 'adjacent streets of that city. We learn front Niort, the 14th inst. that there had been continual rain and tempestuous weather in that quarter for ten days. The Seine had over iiowed its banks. A horrible clime was committed on the 21st tilt. in the Commune of Ileton-Ra2t , ehes, near Villiers-Saint-Georges. Tile \Viduw Crapart, aged , and her three daughters, were found (mitred iu their liuttse. There being a strong suspicion of a fanner named ;railer, who had mar ried a grand daughter of the IVidove Crapart, he has been in consequence apprehended, and the proceedings against hhtt arc gonig on. • A letter nom Algiers, dated the 3d instant, ewes that the Dey 112;1 died (:f the plague, after hours illness, and that he had been succeeded by his Minister of the Interior, noia de Cavalli. This news, towcver, requires confirmation.— (Journal de Paris.) The plague continnes to rage with great vio lence at Algiers. - The Dry has fallen a victitu to it in 24 hums, alter a reign ut about six months. 1 his intelligence is certain. Nis successor is Tiny* de Cavalli, who was his Minister of the In terior.—(Journol des Debals.) A ship► of the Hue of 8O guns, named Le Nep tune, will be launched at L'Oi ient on the 21st instant. A %iolent shock or an earthquake was felt on the 23d tilt, at Oneille, a port of the country of Nice, and also at several parts of thc coast, at a few minutes after seven in the evening. The shock sea, accompanied by a !MIS , : tke Italians call combo, and lasted about five seconds. The direction appealed to be from N. W. to S. E. ; its violence excited a i.:eneral alarm, and in a short tiute the town of Oneille was deserted. The next day, at , leven in the morning, another shock was felt in the sante quarters. The parish churches of Oneille, Diano-Castello and Pmnpci e nia, w ere considerably damaged ; as were also two houses in the latter COMMInIe. kVe Lan) froth Lyons, that stormy and rainy vreAther has been experienced there, die sane as at Paris. Much damage has been caused by the wind. • The Saone ltts overflowed its bauls, and inundated :he (nays. FIVE l'Eft CENTS.--tu,slq, E x . niv., 6 . 5 f , En IVedocsday, dirt. 6i f. 00 c. r.XCUANGII oN LoNDoN.—OueMorith, , 2„; f. 95 C. 'flare Muuths,i3 f. C. CONSTANTINOPLR, Ambassador Extraordinary front Persia, has made his public entry into this capital, attended by a numerous suite. lie has delivered to the Grand Seignior presents of extraord:nary magnificence ; amongst them is an elephant of immense size, and richly ornamented. The Ambassador has been five months on his journey hither from Teheran. It is thought his stay here %rill be of long du ration. BERLIN, Mute!! 8.--Tits Majesty sets out in May for Posen, Maricnwerder and Konigsberg, to review the troops stationed there; he then pro ceeds to Moscow, to visit his daughter, the Grand Doehess Nicholas, and from thence to the Rhine, to attelld the Congress Of Sovereigns. MAnitio, MA PCti 6.—The troops to be embark ed at Cadiz are considerably more than can be taken on board the Itusiian ships. It is thought,, therefore, Ow :he expedition will consist of two divisions, Cacti of from 4 to 5 000 men. • Rome, MAncn 7.—Measures arc now carrying into effect with the greatest energy against the Brigands who are still in considerable numbers in the States of the Church. A Banditti of tip ward of fifty have been taken, of whom thirty tire have been condemned to death and shot. VIENNA, MaRCIt 7.—The Government has finally decided noon the Loan which has been for ft long time negociating with the houses of Baring and Bethman, It is said to be extremely advantageous. "rbe Aulic Councillor Floret has returned from r..3ndon, ,-hero he went with dispatches, said to Le very importaor, respecting ttic, relations of Spain in South America. STUTTGARD, MARCH 11.—The King of Wur temlierg has ordered a new recruitment for Lis rifE PrufILAND SOCIF."I Y OF LONDON. S?tnrday being the Annivcrlary of the Bartle of Alexandria, this Society, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, held a General Court at the Frcemasons"raVern, his Grace the Duke of Alt- OYI,K in the Chair. There were likewise present, his Grace the Duke of ATROL, Lord JAmss NI un- PAY, Lord ICIRKWAI.L, Sir ALEXANbER GRANT, Sir JOIIN SINCLAIR, the lion. ARCHICIALLI MAC DONAU'S, Colonel DICK, nod several other offi cers of distinction, and u numerous asscrublage of private Gi!nllvinell. At this Metting WALTER SCOTT, Esq. was pro posed, and tirmlimously elccte:l an Honorary Member of the Corporation: the number being limited by thie Act to twenty, there is not at . present another vacancy in this class of the lusti• tution, The Members on this occasion invariably dine together, and after ft certain number of the toasts had been given, Lord JAMES MURRAY succeeded to the Clinic, as President of the Corporation for the ensuing year. In the course of the evening, the health of Mr. IV ilkie, whose admirable talents AS an Artist art so well known, and who was present on the occa>ion, tvila giVCII and received with eutlinsiastic apnlause. lie returned thanks for the compliment so justly rendered to his merit. Mr. SURE, whose genius us a Poet, as well Its au Artist, have justly raked his name in universal mem, Was as a toast, and, as far as we can recollect amidst a scene of such - heartfelt hilarity, he expressed his sense of the honour thus conferred on him in nearly the following (Mils GENTLEMEN,—Unaccustomcd as I am to address so dis tinguished an Assembly, I find it impossible adequately to express my acknowledgments for the honour you have-,done site ; I have but few pretensions to so flattering a notice of my name, and it has been as - unexpected as I fear it is unde served I have not, Gentlemen, the honour to be a Scotch man, but I am descended of a stock not very remote, for I have the honour to be an Irishman. Historians tell us that we were originally the same people, branches of one family, rind I must confess, when I look round nie in this Assembly, lam proud of the relationship. I ant anxious toclaim - kindred with those gallant Highlanders those generous spirits whom I have beheld united to commemorate the heroism of their coun try.- The Scottish people have long been renowned in Arms, in Science, and in Literature. In those pursuits particularly, termed the Fine Arts, their progress has not, however, beets so conspicuous. I7ntil of late, indeed, the wreath of taste appeared to he no favourite object of ambition with the hardy Sons of the North. High, therefore, as we have estimated their fame as Heroes, as Poets, and as Ilistoi ians, we con ceived that as Artists our claims to superiority were evident and undisputed. This flattering sentiment of self-preference, however, it appears we are not likely long to enjoy. The genius of Seini ind has proved its ;.over in Art as well as in every other department of human ingenuity, and has lately shone forth with a splendour which is certainly not eclipsed by afire other portion of the Empire. We have but to look round 1113 itr this room, Gentlemen, for the proof of my*as section. We have but to look around us, and we shall be bold talents that would do 111/1101/ rto any age or country. It is delightful to observe, that these talents are held in their proper estimation.* It belongs to the sensibility of a gallant people justly to appreciate the pursuits of taste. They know that triumphs are to be obtained in Arts, as well as i n A rms . They know that hereafter, w h en the dispensers of renown shall come to estimate the claims of nations, the Poet and the Painter will take_ - their stations beside the Hero and the Sage. A Reynolds and a Wilkie will be rememitered, as well as-an Abercrombie arid a Wellington. I cannot, Gentlemen, resist the desire to express the high gratification I. Wire.felt in the opportunity afforded me of being present at the Meeting of a society constituted like that which I have the honour to Address. A Society formed expressly to commemorate the' ancient glories of their country, and desirous, as far as pos sible, to preserve and perpetuate those national characteristics which are so dear to the heart of every I rue patriot. Of those characteristics, it apPears to the the Scottish people have many to preserve and tit be proud of, and amongst the number,. I cannot avoid alluding to one not the least strikiro , or inte resting—that noble costume of which we have now before us so many dignified examples. Whether considered in a pa triotic or in a picturesque point of view, I may, as an Artist, he permitted to say, that the Tartan of the Highlander, like the Toga of the ancient Roman, has not been surpassed in grace ur dignity by the more fleeting and fluctuating fashions of modern times. " Mee more, Gentlemen, I Leg to express my thanks. fur the honour you have conferred upon me, and 1 very respect fully drink your health." • it can hardly. be necessary to add, that this Speech, as it deserved; was received with warm and repeated testimonies of approbation. • Soon • after, Mr. Galt, the Secretary of the Caledonian A3ylum, reported to the Meeting -the state of the funds of that excellent Institution, by which it appears, that the Trustees have now in the funds 30,0001. 5 per Cents. besides a cash balance of - 7001. and upwards, and that the fund• of the Asylum hail been increased last year, after payment of all expellees, 15931. besides 1001. a year, which had been obtained, but we did not distinct , hear how. The evening was enlivened by several national songs, most of them admirably sung, and the music of the Gowi, and the tyro excellent pipets who attended, gave a character to the whole which delighted every one present. Besides the usual toasts, which are given in Gaelic, and which we subjoin in that language, the healths of the following distinguished ittdivi duals, and Many others, were drank (hiring the evening, and received with great applause he Duke of Athol, the Duke of Argyle, Lord Jai-Mg Murray, the Marquis of Huntley, Colonel Dick, the Right Hon. Sir Archibald Macdonald, the Hight Hon. Sir William Grant, &c. &c. The :Meeting did not sit ses late as customary, from its being Saturday night, hilt closed as usual, with that spirit, feeling, and good fellow ship, which have invariably distinguished the an niversaries of this patriotic Institution. The following are the ordinary toasts given on these occasions :-- na Feusag,. 2. An Righ. 3. An Tit—High Ccanard nnn Chnrrtmuin Gie!acia. 4. A Ithean nigh a;,-us Tealach S. Mac Callan Mm-v Cyan suidhe uan Chnmmuin GicSlach. 6. a. Claus nail CW - Ti - -qualihh a (Icily. 6. 6. Cu Cuiuchti4.; Abert.roiLbie as na Gaisgach a huit les sat' Eiphit. 7. n. (nett le Chruadal 7. b. An Thr , chatian Du as an (Ja Reisimaid Gaclach rile hum . (lieu - son Eiphait. B. Burl) ai, Stribliach Cuine an sith:. 9. Clauee as Breeaca.n. 10. Pcup as preach. 11. Trey santheil 12. Erin Vine. 1:3. 'fir ?un flesh 'sna Gaisgach. 14. BlisnAliavrin gu sheiree dun Roseein Tame,rac as an cliluaran. 15. Feller nach Trci;, , a Choumpariach. 16. Ceanna Finnaci reanna Foma. 17. I'crnucb tcant a Clialtliaohlier a Charaid no cr * Alludi.3g to Mr. Wilkie. N-aro Cute cr CreiLighair na,CUIe (tett er G!4ailtair. Rensinfie . hil na'll“chti. 90. (,:hallagmbnilis er Treick. 21. Corrllni as Om:Kiwis. 42. Lenbi Lnaebar as GiliagachGhrannar. 21.Mulach Masach. 24. Forrurn Cl , ,ich n Vuiller. Dorras TIRO' fa;. ail ROI dlochairfein. Q. Peer mo Chroidh sit Callag [no Rubin. 27. Cashau nehll na Banarach. tR. Cospoir tau Rhuin. 29. An °faun nub lab ann carve Chuan. AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, NEXT 'I'H (MS DAY. LOT I'ERY DRAWS. —THREE PRIZES OF 'PHIR TY THOUSAND POUNDS, SIX PY-FIVE 0 VIIER CA rrrALs, AND EIGHT PIPES OF PORT. - Insrrn MosbAY.A.-Huliday at the Bank, Stock Exchange,&c HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.mmutow. Moro*, 21 minutes after 3. I Evening, 4C 1111 1 / 1 1tes after 1. THE SUN. SOLEM guts DICE:nk: r•.ar.IUM ALIDE&•( ? LONDON, Ilmo D.l Y, 23, ISIS. We received yesterday the Pat is Papers .of Wed nesday and Thursday List. Those of Frit+av, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. %V give extracts in another cidumm. There is t..curions stirt'euraent in some of the Journals of an ipsurrection amongst Cif atsTornE's troops at Cape Francois, in consequence of a signal act of barbarity on his pat t. The Day of Algiers is said to have died of the plague, and to have been succeeded by his Mini ster of the Interior. This intelligence is doubted by one of the Papers., but another asserts it to be certain. The French Climber of Deputies were occu pied on Tuesday and Wednesddy in discussing the Projet respecting the Customs Duties, or rather in hearing the prepared speeches of those who had inscribed their names to speak. The discussion Was adjourned till Thursday. Every set of Journals that have lately come to band have continued to give details of damage done by the late storms, as well as by shocks of earth,- quakes, which in some instances appear to have been terrific in their violence. There is nothing further in these Papers re specting the conferences between .the Duke of Alawit4GToN and the Foreign Ministers. The Madrid accounts state, that the Expedition front Cadiz for South America is to consist of two divisions, each containing fron► 4 to 5,000 men. From Vienna it is mentioned, that the Austrian Government has finally contracted for the Loan which it had been for autnetime negociating with the houses of BARINo and BETHNIAN. le RR - NCH FIVE PER CENTS. Tuesday, es, d' 6sf. soc. Wednesday, ditto t; 1 . . 9u c. We received this day three Letters from our active and intelligent Correspondent at Paris, and, as they relate to matters interesting and important, we shall insert the whole at once. We derive our chief pleasure on this occasion from the last of these letters, as it announces the discovery of the Assassin who attempted to destroy the great Mi litary Deliverer of Europe, and ornament of the British Empire, enabling us thereby to contra, diet the rumours insidiously circulated in Paris, in order, it possible, to tarni,h the reputation of our unrivalled Commander, and enabling us also" to expose the credulity, fully, or wickedness, of our Party Writers, who endeavoured to turn this diabolical attempt into ridicule, and to induce the world to believe that it was wholly unfounded.. This morning we received New Yolk Papers to the 221 ult. (Front the Commercial .e.ttivertiser of Fe 3. 17.) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 'FEB. 17. EXECUTIVE MESSAGE. The following Message was received from the PRE3IDENT, by the hands of Mr. J. MONROE, Secretary : • "To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. Washington, Feb. 12, 1818. " T lay before Congress copies of two communications re ceived at the Department of State from the Ministers of Great Britain, and submit to their consideration the propriety of ina'tdog• such legislative provisions as may be necessary for a compliance with the representations contained in them. " By the express terms of that compact, it was, when rati fied by the two Governments, to be in force for the tern/ of four years from the day of its signature : the revocation of all the disci imitnitiog• duties lqecanie therefore the obligation of both the Governments from that day; and it is conceived, that every individual who has been required to pay, and has paid, any of the extra duties revoked by the tonventivin, has a just and lawful claim upon the respective Governments of its return. " I'rOr:► 1 . 3 nous accidents it has happened, that both here and in Great Britain the cessation of t he extra duties has been fixed to commence at different times: it is desirable that Congress should pass an Act, providing for all the extra do ties incompatible with the terms of the Convention, which , have liven levied upon British vessels or merchandize after the :id day of ,July, IBI,S. 'hhe British Parliament have al ready set the example of fixing that day for the cessation of the extra duties of export by their Act of the :Mtli of Jour last ; :old the Minister of the United States in Loudon is en- trusted to require the extension of the same principle to all the extra dutie• levied on vessels and inerelittnii;ze of the United States in the ports of C , reat Britain since that day.— It is not doubted that the British Government will comply with this requisition, and that the• Act suggested may be passed by Congress, with lull confidence that the reciprocal utrasure will receive the sanction of the British Parliament. " JANIES MONROE." - [Then follows two Letters hoot Mr. BAGOT, !stet! Nov. 18, 1816, an t! Dec. 8, 1817, entering nitintely into the debates of when the operations ,f the disarming duties commenced iu both cowl ...kg.] 111.1V,11 - 1-: AND CORRES'ONJ)ENGE shock-dog clipped ; and another summoned a july to know whether she should make a party to go and see 'J'altna or Bobeche (the btiffoon of the Boulevards) thus not only the institution of the Jury was perverted, but the very name rendered ridiculous. The Trial by Jury is indeed establish ed in France, hut the maiority, and not ale whole, decides ; and a cause being put off ( -I "rn week to Weelf first f ur plaintiff's Counsel, (I , " for .defetidant's, then for the reply of the plain tiff's, &C. the Juries are tampered with so, that the Institution of clear • and upright Judges, ar pointed for life, would be infinitely better. i lh e French too would 'lave a Representative GoVeo - Went, but the Chamber of Deputies appears lo have but very crude ideas of its nature ; it tries to raise the edifice, but the foundation is still to b e laid; its fact the Chamber neither knows the theory nor the practice. The Representative GO' vernment was only instituted to secure the divisien of power, and to guarantee to each . division independence ; by this means the equilibrium,o, f the State is maintained, but if the different branches of power be confounded, liberty vanishes: and despotism (whether of the . one or the tuany..llci matter) commenets. The Committee of the Budget wish to tc(Mcg the expences of the State ; nothing is mbke ne cessary at present, but how does the Committee propose to attain that end? It wishes to 5x a scale of appointments, and decides that Such and sucb an agent of the Executive Gdv'ernment shall receive the sum it shall detei•Mine on. It pretend* that it ought to institute ti Committee to contro l and superintend the receipts and disbursements of the State; in short, it wishes to reduce the Mi" nistry to the character of mere agents and servants of the Chamber. I do not ‘risk to establish g" odious comparison between the Ch amber of De" puties and tire Convention, but I cannot refrain from remarking, that the Convention having cte4. dared itself permanent, adopted the very gam' plan—it created Commissioners, charged %dill the administration, and superintended all thfil. operations. It thus united in itself all the dia.te2 e rent powers of Gov e rnm en t ) an d d estroye d et the shadow of constitutional liberty. There are many superficial politicians Wll fancy that the weaker the Executive rower the better liberty is guaranteed. They are tnoWil la ' or too short-sighted, to see that throwing 4W:il l "' hands of the Chamber the power of tiv King an d the Ministry, they lay thelounditions of a despotO Oligarchy, instead of moderating legitimate Power. Despotism indeed may easily reside 0 1 an assembly as in a single person, and it r e ' suits from a concentration and the confoar of powers, that it is of little importance wbet hee it be placed in one hand or many. Properl, speaking however, one despot is perferabla IC ) 250. To administer is to govern. To supoil! 1 ; tend an ad m i n i s t rat i on i s to b e t h e master of And if the Chamber of Deputies adopt the theol of some of the Members of the Committee on it Budget, there can be no doubt that the 017 principle of. Monarchy is threatened, and I 'he event will be a new revolutionary C° 11 ; I avoid naming those enemies , °_ ventioll. their country's honour and her peace, t he will speedily deelAre themselves, or return fro he error of their Ways, and then all will be %/ ell ,elides th e s e arc on l y t h e C a b als of the Secre t Committee, of which t h e p u bli c is supposed t° be entirely ignorant, but walls h a v e ears, and a r l 4) - against the existence of the Monarchy ought "I be signalized as soot! a discovered. It is earnestly to be hoped that the Nlinistry feel all the dangers of this revolutionary system and reveal it to the Nation's Representatives ; rt to be hoped that there are many of them wi l° de : sire the well-te m p ere d un i on o f Monarchy 111“.: Liberty, and that th e y will re' k ect with one fiC" r ` i the f;lt'al amendments of the Committee. BL It should the Chanther, in an unwise thirst ° I Power, refuse to listen to the d,tnger3 of SO Ch , a step, we hop e t h e Mitlistty would he firm not to yield the point. A vigorous Resolution w°"11 honoor to it, for it ettrlflot he doubted that 0 i is .- - 1 ' poiNt depends, perhaps, the reit- be:r3g of PARIS, MAttcn 16.—Imitations are always ridi• enlous, when what is to be imitated is only par' tially known. The French, at the beginning of the Revolution, heard we were a free people, and they resolved to imitate our institutions, which they did with about as much success as a monkey would imitate a philosopher, that is, look as wise and as grave externally, but retain all his innate Wickedness ; hence, amongst other things, the Juges de Paix are thought to be the very same as our Justices of the Peace; and so exalted was their idea of a Jury, that the name was applied to every thing that required a consultation ; for instance, a Lady called a jury of her family, - t° knoS7 whether it was warm enough to have het 1•i r c~~e